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Monday Morning Politics; The Most Contentious Issues in NY Budget Negotiations; When Prison Is Also Your Bank; COVID Cases Surge in New Jersey

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Coming up on today's show:
  • Gabriel Debenedetti, national correspondent at New York Magazine, talks about the latest news from Washington, D.C., including the uphill battle the Biden administration faces as it confronts the previous administration's legacy on foreign policy.
  • Christopher Robbins, reporter for Gothamist, and Karen DeWitt, Capitol bureau correspondent for New York State Public Radio, talk about the biggest issues being discussed in Albany ahead of the April 1st budget deadline.
  • Bianca Tylek, executive director of Worth Rises, and Paul Wright, founder and executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center, and editor of Prison Legal News (PLN), the longest-running independent prisoner rights publication in U.S. history, explain how corporations that contract with private prisons charge hefty fees for financial services like money transfers and for using debit release cards. Plus, the lucrative business of parole and probation violations.
  • While New Jersey ramps up its vaccine distribution, the state is contending with a stark rise in coronavirus cases. Karen Yi, WNYC reporter covering New Jersey, and Stephanie Silvera, epidemiologist at Montclair State University, bring the latest.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.


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